Shorts from SANS MERCI
Sans Merci is a reference to La Belle Dame Sans Merci, a legendary ballad by the English poet John Keats, which means The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy. The ballad tells about a knight who met a girl of unearthly beauty; her innocence and wild eyes captivated his heart, but she mercilessly destroyed the knight's feelings and left him heart-broken. Mysterious fairies and ruthless beauties were often portrayed in Pre-Raphaelite art: its representatives had a penchant for the image of femme fatale. Ladies without mercy were painted by Frank Dicksee, Frank Cadogan Cowper, John William Waterhouse and other artists of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Inspired by the image of the ruthless beauty from Keats' ballad of 1819, we are eager to recreate that audacity and appeal of the Pre-Raphaelite woman in the items produced by our brand.
